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OverviewThis book explores the informal (political) patronage relations between the urban poor and service delivery organisations in Mumbai, India. It examines the conditions of people in the slums and traces the extent to which they are subject to social and political exclusion. Delving into the roles of the slum-based mediators and municipal councillors, it brings out the problems in the functioning of democracy at the ground level, as election candidates target vote banks with freebies and private-sector funding to manage their campaigns. Starting from social justice concerns, this book combines theory and insights from disciplines as diverse as political science, anthropology and policy studies. It provides a comprehensive, multi-level overview of the various actors within local municipal governance and democracy as also consequences for citizenship, urban poverty, gender relations, public services, and neoliberal politics. Lucid and rich in ethnographic data, this book will be useful to scholars, researchers and students of social anthropology, urban studies, urban sociology, political science, public policy and governance, as well as practitioners and policymakers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joop de Wit (Senior Lecturer, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge India Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9781138207493ISBN 10: 1138207497 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 04 October 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface List of abbreviations Introduction 1 Locating Mumbai’s poor in urban governance, politics and informality 2 Mumbai megacity: city, people and governance changes 3 Included and excluded: Mumbai’s poor and slum dynamics 4 Political entrepreneurs: the Mumbai corporators in their political and financial context 5 Politics or poli-tricks? Local democracy and slumvoting in the 2012 Mumbai municipal elections Conclusions: ‘the poor pray for miracles, the rich think they have a right to them’ Glossary Bibliography IndexReviews'...the book is rich in ethnographic data including in areas difficult to collect data on (such as the details of ward-level corruption), and so this book will be useful to scholars, researchers and students of social anthropology, urban studies, urban sociology, political science, public policy and governance, as well as urban practitioners and policymakers. It is recommended reading for scholars with an interest in mega cities development and in Mumbai in particular.' Emiel A. Wegelin, Rotterdam Author InformationJoop de Wit is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Development Management, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands. An anthropologist, his research interests are political science, governance, policy issues, urban poverty and decentralization. He has published the books Poverty, Policy and Politics in Madras Slums: Dynamics of Survival, Gender and Leadership (1996) and New Forms of Urban Governance in India: Shifts, Models, Networks and Contestations (co-edited with I.S.A. Baud, 2008) as well as numerous articles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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